Proboscidean tibia

[garyc]

I was able to go on a short hunt with my son and his girlfriend on the Brazos river Easter Sunday. The water had dropped a few inches and exposed a little bit more gravel that I had not been able to hunt yet. The first find of the day was a very nice sloth phalanx. On the way back I waited through the water and almost tripped over the second find. I thought it could’ve been a log. It was in about a foot of water and hard to see. The only part visible was the curve which made me think it could be a bone.  I reached into the water and dug around the perimeter of the piece and was finally able to bring it out of the mud. I was very excited to see that it is a chunk of a large proboscidean bone. Using the great resource that @Brandy Cole provided I think a possible id is mammoth/mastodon right proximal tibia. Here’s the link to the sight again that Brandy provided(I couldn’t locate it and had to ask her for it). The 3rd pic is a left tibia that I am showing to compare my find. 

[garyc]

And some pics of the sloth toe

[Brandy Cole]

I can't really take any credit since I think @darrow and @JohnJ both directed me to the site first. 

 

Awesome finds!

[JohnJ]

Very cool finds, Gary.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

Very nice.

[Harry Pristis]

Another image for comparison:

 

[Shellseeker]

Love the patina on that Sloth toe.  SWEET !!!! Nice finds

[Brandy Cole]

That's a fantastic example @Harry Pristis

[jcbshark]

Nice sloth toe Gary

[garyc]

@Harry Pristis are you indicating that this is mastodon vs mammoth? I wasn’t sure if there was enough of the morphology to differentiate 

[Harry Pristis]

3 hours ago, garyc said:

@Harry Pristis are you indicating that this is mastodon vs mammoth? I wasn’t sure if there was enough of the morphology to differentiate 

I'm not indicating either, Gary.  I posted my images to help YOU decide what you found.